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Headword:
*qumo\n
o)ci/nhn
pepwko/tes
Adler number: theta,571
Translated headword: drunk on sharp anger
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "We fight them 'with spear, with shield', drunk on sharp anger [thymos]".
Greek Original:*qumo\n o)ci/nhn pepwko/tes: cu\n dori\ cu\n a)spi/di maxo/meq' au)toi=si, qumo\n o)ci/nhn pepwko/tes.
Notes:
Aristophanes,
Wasps 1081-2. MacDowell (below) 371 explains the pun here: 'most wasps drink from thyme (
qu/mon) which is sweet, but these Athenian wasps drank in a spirit (
qu/mos) which was bitter'.
For 'with spear, with shield' see
sigma 1461; and cf. also
omicron 415.
Reference:
Aristophanes, Wasps, edited with introduction and commentary by Douglas MacDowell (Oxford 1971)
Keywords: comedy; daily life; food; imagery; military affairs; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 26 April 2003@07:42:10.
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